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After adjusting for patient characteristics, the patients with catheters had greater odds of rehospitalization for UTI and death within 30 days than patients who did not have catheters. The adjusted odds ratios (aORs) for UTI ranged from 1.34 for patients who underwent gastrointestinal surgery (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt;.001) to 1.85 for patients who underwent cardiac surgery (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt;.001); the aORs for death ranged from 1.25 for cardiac surgery (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>= .01) to 1.48 for orthopedic surgery (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>= .002) and for gastrointestinal surgery (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt; .001). After controlling for patient characteristics, hospitalization in the northeastern or southern regions of the United States was associated with a lower likelihood of having an indwelling urinary catheter, compared with hospitalization in the western region (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>= .002 vs<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>= .03).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0195941700047731_abs7\"><jats:title>Conclusions.<\/jats:title><jats:p>Extended postoperative use of indwelling urinary catheters is associated with poor outcomes for older patients. 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